A building at 100 N. Fifth St., Windsor, shown here circa 1890, has been home to Town Hall, a fire station, the library and now, the town museum.

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Erin Udell
ErinUdell@WindsorBeacon.com

It used to be the fire station, the police station and a jail. It was an armory once, too, as well as the library and town hall.

The small building at 100 N. 5th St. has housed almost every town service in Windsor. But one thing most people might not know is that in its 105-year life at the center of town, the Town of Windsor Museum almost became something else: a parking lot.

In the spring of 1989, talk centered around the museum - or at that time the old Town Hall building - and its future in Windsor. Town board members passed a motion on March 13, 1989, to demolish it by the end of that April, with the ...